High power and good beam quality at 980 nm from a vertical external-cavity surface-emitting laser

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 663-666

  Alford, William J ^a   Raymond, Thomas D ^a,b   Allerman, Andrew A ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b WaveFront Sciences Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; HIGH POWER LASERS; OPTICAL PUMPING; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

SURFACE-EMITTING LASERS;

QUANTUM WELL LASERS;

EID: 0005314389     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.19.000663     Document Type: Article

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